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  • Reasoning with Concepts

    Conceptual Spaces as a Framework

    by Peter Gärdenfors, Matias Osta-Velez ...
    A unified treatment of different types of reasoning with concepts, such as category-based induction, nonmonotonic reasoning, analogies, and generics.Psychologists and philosophers have worked on topics such as category-based induction, nonmonotonic reasoning, analogies, and generics, but these problems have largely been investigated independently. In Reasoning with Concepts, Peter Gärdenfors and ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • The Geometry of Meaning

    Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces

    by Peter Gardenfors ...
    A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Generalized Quantifiers

    Linguistic and Logical Approaches

    Edited by Peter Gärdenfors ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Some fifteen years ago, research on generalized quantifiers was con sidered to be a branch of mathematical logic, mainly carried out by mathematicians. Since then an increasing number of linguists and philosophers have become interested in exploring the relevance of general quantifiers for natural language as shown by the bibliography compiled for this volume. To a large extent, the new research ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications

    Edited by Mauri Kaipainen, Frank Zenker, Antti Hautamäki, Peter Gärdenfors ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This edited book focuses on concepts and their applications using the theory of conceptual spaces, one of today’s most central tracks of cognitive science discourse. It features 15 papers based on topics presented at the Conceptual Spaces @ Work 2016 conference.The contributors interweave both theory and applications in their papers. Among the first mentioned are studies on metatheories, logical ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science

    Volume Two of the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Cracow, August 1999

    Edited by Peter Gärdenfors, Jan Wolenski, K. Kijania-Placek ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. The invited speakers are the leading researchers and accordingly ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Applications of Conceptual Spaces

    The Case for Geometric Knowledge Representation

    Edited by Frank Zenker, Peter Gärdenfors ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume provides an overview of applications of conceptual spaces theory, beginning with an introduction to the modeling tool that unifies the chapters. The first section explores issues of linguistic semantics, including speakers’ negotiation of meaning. Further sections address computational and ontological aspects of constructing conceptual spaces, while the final section looks at ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology

    Edited by PETER GARDENFORS, Petter Johansson ...
    Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology presents some of the recent theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and implications for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the organization of school and university education. Internationally renowned researchers present theoretical perspectives with proposals for and evaluations of educational ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality

    Edited by Markus Werning, Wolfram Hinzen, Edouard Machery ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It is a key concept in linguistics and philosophy and in the cognitive sciences more ... Read more

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  • Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics

    by Helen Smith Cairns, Eva M. Fernández ...
    Series series Fundamentals of Linguistics
    Introducing the fundamental issues in psycholinguistics, this book explores the amazing story of the unconscious processes that take place when humans use language. It is an ideal text for undergraduates taking a first course in the study of language.Topics covered include the biological foundations of language; acquisition of first and second languages in children and adults; the mental lexicon; ... Read more

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  • Mental Logic

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  • Foundations of Language

    Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution

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